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TUCSON, Arizona, February 4. THE University of Arizona has named Rick DeMont head swimming and diving coach, Director of Athletics Greg Byrne announced on Tuesday. One of the most accomplished swimmers in American history, DeMont has been a member of the Wildcats’ coaching staff for 25 seasons and s...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, April 30. THE list of accomplishments for Kim Black continues to grow as the Georgia senior was honored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association with The Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship. Black, a member of Lady Bulldog swimming and diving team, is the first Georgia ath...

Memorial Day Rewind: How World War II Impacted Yale Great Bob Kiphuth Editor’s note: We are reposting this great feature by Chuck Warner, originally written as part of a series of articles about the great Yale coach Bob Kiphuth, highlighting a moment in Kiphuth’s career that intersected with the ris...

AUBURN, Ala. The Auburn women's swimming program looks to be adding exceptional talent to its already strong arsenal as the Tigers sign six during the Fall signing period for the 2002-03 season. "I am thrilled about the talent and the attitude our six newest Auburn Tigers bring to the pool," ass...

SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL, Dec. 23. A half-dozen of South American short-course meters records highlighted the Jose Finkel Invitational here this weekend. The meet was held Dec. 19-23 and also served as the selection trials for the Brazilian team which will compete at next spring/s World sc Championships in...

By David Walsh SHORTLY before the Italian team departed their home country for the Olympic Games at Sydney, each of the 538 competitors had to submit blood and urine samples. The athletes believed they were tested for the usual substances. They should have known better. Head of research at the Itali...

By Bob Sansevere MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 9. PEOPLE wanted to see it and touch it. "Where is it, Tom?" someone asked. Tom Malchow reached into his blue U.S. Olympic team backpack and pulled out the gold medal he received for winning the 200-meter butterfly at the Sydney Games in Australia. The medal was th...

One of Masters swimming's greatest stars has died. Hall-of-Fame swimmer G. Harold "Gus" Langner passed away on Tuesday, January 9th at the young age of 97+ years. He died from cardiac arrest. The following stories about Gus appear on the Swimgold website: Milford mourns prominent swimmer, by Ant...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, May 28. KONGZHENG "KZ" Li, former diving coach at the University of Michigan, has been named as the head diving coach at the University of Louisville, according to Cardinal head coach Arthur Albiero. Li just concluded his fourth season as the head diving coach for the 12-time N...

From www.uswp.org Colorado Springs, CO - Jim Toring, 23, a member of the USA National Water Polo Team died at 9:30 AM this morning (3:30 EST) in Betauton Hospital, in Clece, France, a suburb of Paris. Toring was in Paris as a member of the USA National Team for the French Open when he was hit by a b...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 1. SANDRA Baldwin, the president of the US Olympic Committee, said Tuesday she will be appointed to a seat on the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Baldwin, a former president of United States Swimming, said she expects to assume the chair previouysly held by Bill ...

From www.uswp.org Burton W. "Burt" Shaw, a member of the US Water Polo Hall of Fame and recipient of the US Water Polo Award, the highest honor in the sport of water polo, died December 27 in Los Angeles. He was 72. Shaw was a long-time volunteer and a great leader in the sport of water polo. In his...

By Swimming World Interns Brook Jiang and Heidi Torregroza PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, January 12. TO say the Zeiger family is a swimming family like no other would be a modest statement. With three sisters competing in the CeraVe Invitational and an overwhelming number of victories, they are a crucial ...

By Jeff Weiss Dec. 11. Four swimmers are among 10 athletes tapped for membership into the Bowling Green State University circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the most prestigious collegiate leadership honor society in the nation. They were inducted during ceremonies held Friday, Dec 8. JEN JARJOSA (West C...

By Ian Hanson SYDNEY, May 30. AUSTRALIAN Swimming is today mourning the loss of one of its greatest administrators, former Olympian, master coach and fierce anti-drugs campaigner Terry Gathercole, who died in Canberra this morning, aged 65. Gathercole, died of a heart attack after a long illness and...

CLEARWATER, April 19. THE Fourth Annual Tampa Bay Marathon Swim will be held on Saturday, April 21, in celebration of Earth Day. The 24 mile competition starts at 8:30am from Ben T. Davis Beach on the Courtney Campbell Causeway, and ends at the Sunshine Skyway at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort (800...

By Roots Woodruff TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Oct. 3. ON Friday, October 5, the competition pool of the Alabama Aquatic Center will be named the Don Gambril Olympic Pool after the man who built the Crimson Tide swimming and diving team into a juggernaut in the early 70s. In addition to the naming ceremony, wh...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. April 18. UNIVERSITY of Georgia Olympic swimmer Kim Black has been named the female recipient of the 2000-2001 H. Boyd McWhorter Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award, SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer announced Wednesday. The male winner is Scott Westerfield, a footba...

CORONA DEL MAR, CA., Oct. 20. HAVE the Sea Kings lost it? Coach John Vargas' Corona del Mar squad, double-defending CIF Division II water polo champs and ranked No. 1 among Southern California prep squads, lost its second game in a month yesterday, bowing to Anaheim Servite, 9-6. The Sea Kings h...

John Hencken has been selected as the newest member of the Santa Clara International Swim Center Hall Of Fame. A triple Olympic Gold Medalist and former world record holder, Hencken swam for the Santa Clara Swim Club from 1969 to 1980. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team for 3 Olympiads - 1972,...